Great Tang princess

Chapter 13 New Year's Eve
According to legend, in ancient times, there was a huge and ferocious beast. Every year in the twelfth lunar month, because the mountains were blocked by heavy snow and there was no food, it would come out of the deep mountains and enter the village to eat people.

Later, people found that this kind of beast was afraid of the sound, so they lit the bamboo to make a "crackling" sound, beat gongs and drums at the same time, and hung red cloth strips for warning outside the door.

The villagers will stay up all night until dawn to confirm that the evil beast has not come out before going out of the house, saying auspicious words to each other, and praying that the evil beast will not come again next year.

The name of this evil beast is called "Xi", and this day is called "New Year's Eve".

Li Yuechen was wearing a thick sable fur cloak, standing at the gate of Chengxiang Hall, watching the maids throwing the felled bamboo into the fire, making a burst of explosion, couldn't help but smile.

Although there are no firecrackers in this era, the atmosphere of the New Year is not worse than that of later generations, or rather it is more intense.

Seeing Li Yuechen walking down the steps slowly, Xiao He trotted over a few steps, with a smile on his face: "Can your Highness also light some firecrackers?"

Li Yuechen shook his head to express that he couldn't express it. Today's New Year's Eve, he wanted to pay New Year's greetings to Master Liu Rengui while it was still bright in the afternoon.

Then I have to come back quickly to wash and dress up. The royal banquet tonight is very grand.

For ordinary people, they don't know how it feels to celebrate the New Year, but for officials, celebrating the New Year in this era is a very troublesome and frustrating thing.

On the eve of the New Year's Eve, it is reasonable to say that they should accompany their families to watch the year, but officials have to leave their families behind, enter the palace to attend the emperor's dinner, and watch the royal gala with the emperor's family.

After attending the party, it was almost twelve o'clock, and I couldn't sleep for an hour at home, so I had to come to the palace to participate in the grand court meeting on the first day of the new year.

After the Dachaohui is over, you can have seven days of vacation to go home and spend time with your family.

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When Li Yuechen came out of the palace in a carriage and came to Chang'an City, he found that there were a lot more people on the street today than usual.

Almost everyone has a big smile on their face, ready to welcome the new year.

Not to mention ordinary people, even those blond, blue-eyed, big-nosed foreigners are laughing and talking auspicious words to the locals and friends around them in their half-baked Tang Yayin.

Datang is an open country. Here, Hu people wear Han hats, and Han people wear Hu people's clothes, but there is almost no violation of harmony.

Seeing Li Yuechen looking outside with emotion through the window of the carriage, Xiao He asked, "Why does Your Highness have such an expression?"

Li Yuechen shook his head and did not speak.

Xiao He certainly couldn't understand how he felt when he saw this scene as a thousand years later.

Maybe it can be said to be emotion, maybe it can also be said to be surprised, but more, I still feel that the common people thousands of years ago are simple and cute.

The common people in this era have no culture and little knowledge.For them, if they can do this every year, it will be a peaceful and prosperous age.

Li Yuechen put his hands on the car window, put his small head on his arms, and looked at the crowd coming and going outside, and couldn't help showing a smile.

Perhaps it is because of the memories of thousands of years later. There may be no high-rise buildings or heavy traffic here, but there is no obvious difference in the smile on the face that does not need to worry about the safety of survival.

If Datang's prosperity can continue forever, the smiles on their faces must also be the same, right?
As a person in the future, she knows that there will be many dynasties after the Tang Dynasty. After more than a thousand years, they will enter the industrial revolution, and technology will develop rapidly...

But also as an ordinary person, she also knows that every time the dynasty changes, it will be accompanied by war and death.

If a dynasty can continue forever, it must be able to avoid war and suffering to the greatest extent, right?

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen couldn't help but said to himself: "May my Tang Dynasty be prosperous and prosperous, and the country will last forever!"

Eunuch Fu next to him raised his head and looked at Xiao He, both of them were surprised.

Unexpectedly, the little princess could say such a sentence. It seems that there is a reason why she is so favored.

All the way to Liu Rengui's home, Li Yuechen crossed his hands and saluted: "I wish Master auspicious New Year's Day in advance!"

She is a princess, even if she bows to Master Liu Rengui, she doesn't have to bend down.

And Liu Rengui bowed and bowed: "Thank you, Your Highness, and I hope your Highness will be well on New Year's Day!"

Maybe it was because he was used to Li Yuechen's personality, so after saluting, he relaxed as usual.

When he came to the pavilion in the courtyard, he took the two health balls and spun them in his hands, and asked with a smile: "Today's New Year's Eve, His Highness is not preparing a dinner in the palace. Are you not afraid of His Majesty's punishment?"

"The two adults are so busy that they don't touch the ground, why do you have the time to punish me?" Li Yuechen replied with a smile.

Liu Rengui laughed loudly: "Your Highness is really smart and clever!"

"Master's words are a compliment to me?"

Liu Rengui is very used to the jokes between master and apprentice now.

There is no way, the main reason is that this princess is too cute, not only looks cute, but also can talk, which always makes people happy.

In this era of strict etiquette, it can be regarded as walking in the forefront of maverick.

In fact, like Li Yuechen, seeing his parents' irregular salutes, and also likes to fight with them, is not advocated in the etiquette.

But there is no way, who makes the emperor and queen like it.It's hard to say what happened in the late Tang Dynasty, but at least during this period, the emperors were still very individual, so it's hard for the people below to say anything.

Seeing the two iron balls spinning in Liu Rengui's hands, Li Yuechen smiled and said, "Does Master still like these things?"

"Yeah." Liu Rengui nodded, "This thing can calm the mind, it's a good tool!"

Sure enough, it seems that most humans still like to count things in their hands when they are bored.

After staying for a short time, Liu Rengui's wife and son also came to pay respects to Li Yuechen for a new year.

After all, she is a princess, so it's fine in normal times, but you can't pretend not to see it on New Year's Eve.

However, Li Yuechen had no airs, and greeted them politely, which won him a good impression.

After staying for about half an hour, Li Yuechen got up to say goodbye. It was almost time, and it was time to go back to freshen up.

Every time Li Yuechen felt awkward when wearing so many accessories on his head and wearing a dress.

But this is pretty good, thanks to being born in the Tang Dynasty, it is only used in grand events.

If I usually wear this stuff, I'm afraid I'll be really depressed to death.

Of course, this is thanks to His Majesty Taizong.

As we all know, Comrade Li Er grew up on horseback, and he was used to being free and fast all day long. He never wore that kind of gorgeous and troublesome court clothes.

Therefore, according to national historical records and Li Zhi's memories, Comrade Li Er usually wears hakama pleats, even in court.

This kind of hakama pleats is shorter than ordinary clothes. It is a kind of clothing that absorbs Hu Feng. For the convenience of riding a horse, it belongs to plain clothing in this era.

And Comrade Li Er usually wears this when he goes to court or even does important events. In order not to wear a complicated crown, he even invented a kind of good wing crown.

It's the kind of black black gauze hat with two protruding rabbit ears on the back.

This is the personality of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He usually dressed in plain clothes at work.

But when it comes to his father Li Zhi, whether he is an emperor or a minister, he basically wears common clothes in court.

Only when there is a particularly important event, will I reluctantly wear the crown to cope with it.

Even as early as more than ten years ago, Li Zhi ordered the abolition of several kinds of mianfu, leaving only one kind of mianfu.

So Li Yuechen is wearing a relatively simple Tin Chai dress now, which is not too gorgeous, but for her, it is still troublesome to death.

Not to mention the wide sleeves, there are also a lot of unfamiliar accessories on the head.

The key is that this thing is not strong enough, if you bend over and lower your head, it will fall off!
While dressing up, the two elder sisters, Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang, also came to help.

"Chen'er is getting more and more beautiful." Princess Yiyang smiled while helping her put ornaments on her head.

Princess Xuancheng next to her poked her face with her finger: "Yes, she will be a great beauty in the future!"

Li Yuechen was a little helpless: "You two sisters, don't make fun of me, this kind of dress is really troublesome!"

Seeing her helpless face, both cheeks puffed up, and the two sisters smiled prettily, helping her dress up while chatting.

By the time everything was settled, the sun was about to set.

It will take some time for the banquet to start, so we have to go to Xianju Hall to meet Li Zhi and Wu Zetian first, and then go to Linde Hall together after the banquet starts.

The two elder sisters were born as bastards, so they didn't have seats at the banquet, but they still wanted to greet Li Zhi.

All the way to the Xianju Hall, the four princes and elder brothers have already arrived, and they are all waiting at the door.

Prince Li Hong said he was the eldest brother, but he was only the elder brother of his compatriots. In fact, among all Li Zhi's sons, he was the fifth eldest.

There are four older brothers in front, but the eldest and second are dead.

The youngest, Li Shangjin, is currently in Lizhou, and cannot enter Beijing casually without Li Zhi's permission.

The fourth son, Li Lian, is currently serving as the governor of Shenzhou, so he can't enter Beijing without permission.

Seeing Li Yuechen and the two sisters coming, the four princes hurried over to salute.Even if it is a concubine, it is still a sister.

What's more, now that Li Zhi has released them and restored her status as a princess, no matter what the reality is, etiquette is always required.

Facing the salutes of the four princes, the two elder sisters still seemed a bit cautious, and returned the salute respectfully.

Eldest brother Li Hong said with a smile: "Yuechen is a bit late, thanks to Grandpa not calling."

Li Yuechen had a disgusted expression on his face: "This kind of clothing is too troublesome..."

The second elder brother Li Xian walked over with his arms around the shoulder of the third son Li Xian: "If you think it's troublesome, you should prepare earlier. How does Sanlang feel?"

Li Xian nodded: "Yes, Brother is right..."

The fourth brother Li Xulun next to him didn't say a word, but smiled kindly at Li Yuechen.

For these elder brothers, Li Yuechen can basically figure out their personalities.

The eldest brother, Li Hong, is kind and has a more cheerful personality; the second child, Li Xian, has a dark belly, and basically pulls the honest third child whenever he is mischievous, so that when he is punished, someone can share it with him.

The fourth child, Li Xulun, is relatively introverted and not good at communicating, but he likes Li Yuechen, his younger sister.

This may have something to do with Li Yuechen always taking the initiative to play with him. In fact, the eldest brother Li Hong also takes care of him, but as the prince, he is also very busy every day, so he can't see him often.

They all heard the news that Li Yuechen begged Li Zhi to release the two sisters from Yeye Ting Palace, and knew that she liked them very much.

So the four princes didn't just talk about themselves, but took the two sisters to talk and chat together, waiting for Li Zhi and Wu Zetian to summon them.

It didn't take long, and it was estimated that the couple had finished washing and dressing up, and Zhang Chengxin walked out of the hall: "Your Highness, the saint is calling!"

The eldest brother Li Hong led the way and was the first to enter the hall.

Only Li Yuechen, who was walking at the back, said when passing by Zhang Chengxin: "Eunuch Zhang, Happy New Year!"

Although this era does not say so, but hearing this sentence also knows that it is a New Year's blessing.

Zhang Chengxin was greatly surprised, and hastily bowed and bowed: "Don't dare, how can a servant bear it..."

"Why can't you afford to talk about it?" Li Yuechen smiled sweetly, "It's just New Year's greetings, Eunuch Zhang doesn't have to be like that."

After finishing speaking, there was no nonsense, and trot followed in two steps.

Zhang Chengxin raised his head and looked at the princess's back, his eyes turned red involuntarily.

Although there are many people fawning on him on weekdays, he also knows that they all have a purpose. In fact, he still looks down on him in his heart.

But this little princess is different, her eyes are bright and her smile is pure.

Telling yourself a New Year's greeting is not to win over yourself, but to really treat yourself as a person.

Li Yuechen really regarded him as a normal person, after all, he came from an era of equality, and he didn't have any sense of arrogance in blood.

Saying Happy New Year to him has no special meaning.On the one hand, it is out of habitual politeness, and on the other hand, it is just like the boss saying casually to the nanny, without any special intentions.

But this is undoubtedly a kind of gift to the servants of this era, so Zhang Chengxin's eyes turned red with emotion.

After taking a deep breath, he raised his hand and touched his slightly moist eyes with his sleeve, and walked in behind.

Li Yuechen and the others who entered the hall looked at Li Zhi and Wu Zetian sitting in front, and saluted together.

To salute during the New Year is to kneel, not only kneeling to the emperor, but also kneeling to parents.

But Li Yuechen did laugh out of nowhere, almost laughing out loud.

I saw Li Zhi and Wu Zetian sitting on the couch, already wearing gorgeous dresses, but they were slowly spinning a pair of health balls in their hands.

The other children bowed down with serious faces, while Li Yuechen was still laughing, causing their movements to be a little distorted.

Seeing this scene, Wu Zetian's face was a bit ugly, but Li Zhi had a doting smile on his face and didn't care at all.

After the children finished saluting, Li Zhi was obviously in a good mood, and he smiled and talked about what they had done in the past year and what they hoped for them in the new year.

Regarding the two daughters, Xuancheng and Yiyang, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, Li Zhi probably felt a little guilty, or maybe it was because of Li Yuechen's face that he also said a few words of encouragement.

The old woman Wu Zetian next to her was a little cold towards the two of them, but she didn't seem to be unhappy.

(End of this chapter)